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"I'll spoil her pretty face for her!" shrieked Licorice. "I never liked the vain chit overmuch, nor Anegay neither: but if she does not go, I'll give her something she won't forget in a hurry!" "Come, my Beatrice, quick!" said Bruno. "Go, go, my Belasez, and God keep thee!" sobbed Abraham. And so Belasez was driven away from her old home. She had hardly expected it.
She has left behind her in yonder Castle those for whom she cares more than for us, and, I should not wonder also, a faith dearer to her than ours. It will be Anegay over again. Ah, well! Like to like! What else could we expect?" "Can she hear us, Licorice?" "Not she! She was fast asleep an hour ago." "Wife, if it be so, have we not deserved it?"
If Anegay were her sister, as she could no longer doubt, why should her conduct in some way reflect upon Belasez?
"I gathered that the somebody whom I was like was my sister, and that her name was Anegay; and I thought she had either become a Christian, or had wedded a Christian. Father, may I know?" "My little Belasez," he said, with deep feeling, "thou knowest all but the one thing thou must not know. There was one called Anegay. But she was not thy sister. Let the rest be silence to thee."
The one thing at which she looked was the face of the fainting Queen, which was turned full towards the spectator. It was a very lovely face of a decidedly Jewish type. But what made Belasez glance from it to the brazen mirror fixed to the wall opposite? Was it Anegay of whom Bruno had been thinking when he murmured that she was so like some one? Undoubtedly there was a likeness.
She had noticed that Abraham's references to the dead girl were made with far more indication of love and regret than those of Licorice: and she had fancied that this might be due to the existence of relationship on his part and not on hers. She now concluded that it was simply a question of character. But who Anegay was, was a point left as much in the dark as ever.
"Had I not?" "I never heard of one." "Think, Genta I was she not called Anegay?" Genta's shake of the head was decided enough to settle any question, but Belasez fancied she caught a momentary flash in her eyes which was by no means a negation. But Belasez did not hear a few sentences that were uttered before Genta left the house. "Aunt Licorice, what has Belasez got in her head?"
Wouldn't there be a pretty ferment? Old man, it would cost thee thy life, and mine also. More deception! Of course there is more deception. A man had better keep off a slide to begin with, it he does not want to be carried down it." "The child fancies, Licorice, that Anegay was her sister, and that she either became a Christian or married one. She has no idea of any thing more."
It would be simply to make him miserable to no purpose. And yet Go on, my son." And Abraham returned to his former position. "Then," continued Bruno, "Isabel pressed the child Rosia harder. She told her that she felt certain she knew where Anegay was, and she must tell it to her. At last the child burst into tears. `Oh, don't ask me! she said, `for I did love her so much!
And she kept begging me pitifully to tell Bruno to let Bruno know the moment he should come home: he would never, never leave her in prison; he would be sure to rescue her. I asked Licorice if Anegay had come of her own will, for I was very much afraid lest some force had been used to bring her.
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